What's Happening in the Philippines, Local News and Philippine People
A TOTAL of 22 municipalities have already received their election paraphernalia for the upcoming plebiscite in Palawan. In an online press briefing Monday, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said it started deploying paraphernalia ahead of the scheduled plebiscite on March
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MoreIndia has expanded its COVID-19 vaccination drive beyond health care and front-line workers, offering the shots to older people and those with medical conditions that put them at risk. Those now eligible to be vaccinated include people older than 60,
MoreTHE Department of Finance (DOF) has backed the easing of both tariff and non-tariff barriers to bring down the country’s inflation rate as it warned of “elevated year-on-year inflation rate in the coming months if supply side-issues are not addressed.” Finance
MoreTHE government’s tariff collections from rice imports in January expanded by 58 percent to P2.04 billion from P1.29 billion last year, a feat that the Customs bureau attributed to improvements in its import valuation system. Citing preliminary data, Customs Commissioner
MoreSUBSIDIES extended by the national government to government-owned and -controlled corporations (GOCCs) hit a new record-high in 2020, with Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) receiving the biggest allocation during the pandemic year. Data from the Bureau of the Treasury showed
MoreAFTER consumer price growth reached two-year highs, economists see inflation going beyond the government target and reaching 5 percent this year due to low base effects and elevated commodity prices. “For the coming months, much lower inflation denominator/base effects would
MoreTHE local banking system’s exposure to real estate may heighten pandemic-related losses and risks this year, an international credit watcher warned. In its latest assessment on the local banking system, Fitch Ratings said the weakness in the property sector, evidenced
MoreTHE chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means on Sunday asked the Bureau of Customs (BOC) to allow the Department of Agriculture (DA), and the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) to inspect meat imports into the Philippines to help
MoreTHE Philippines has inked an agreement with Moderna Inc., to supply the Philippines with 13 million doses of the American pharmaceutical and biotechnology firm’s Covid-19 vaccine, according to the information given by the Philippine Embassy in Washington, D.C. Under the
MoreTHE first five of millions of National Identification cards were given to President Rodrigo Duterte and four other top national government officials as the administration expects over a fifth of the Philippine population could receive theirs this year. Philippine Statistics
MoreTHE Commission on Elections (Comelec) is ramping up registration for the 2022 National and Local polls by targeting females through a new activity this month. The poll body tapped its Gender and Development Office (GAD) that will hold a special
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Soaking in a nice, warm tub is one of the best activities one can do to release stress and maintain optimal health of the mind and body. Aside from the aesthetics, a good bathtub also serves as a great investment
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IF you walk past the office of the chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, you will find three Emilios. Two of them are Philippine heroes—Emilio Jacinto and Emilio Aguinaldo—and the third is the current SEC chairman, Emilio B. Aquino.
MoreIF messenger-RNA vaccines are the breakout medicine of the pandemic, then the tiny lipid spheres that bring them into people’s cells are the unsung heroes. The world desperately needs more of both. Consider BioNTech SE, which until a year ago
MorePARIS—In an industrial neighborhood on the outskirts of Bangladesh’s largest city lies a factory with gleaming new equipment imported from Germany, its immaculate hallways lined with hermetically sealed rooms. It is operating at just a quarter of its capacity. It
MoreWhen the UK and European Union shook hands on a trade deal late last year, few expected the new relationship to be plain sailing. And as with many divorces, antagonism between the sides has refused to fade. Among the most
MoreThe US is considering sanctions against Lebanon’s long-serving central bank chief as a broader investigation into the alleged embezzlement of public funds in the country gathers pace, according to four people familiar with the matter. Officials within the Biden administration
MoreA year ago, when Hong Kong was dethroned by Singapore in the annual Heritage Foundation ranking of the world’s freest economies, a top official predicted the city would soon return to the spot it had held for 25 straight years.
MoreBroadcom Inc. Chief Executive Officer Hock Tan said customers are beefing up semiconductor orders at an unprecedented pace and tried to quell concern that this will create a glut later on. “We see customers accelerating the bookings for early deliveries
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